The personal costs of diabetes: A significant barrier to care in South Auckland

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1097, 1999, Pages 383-385

  Simmons, David ^b   Peng, Alan ^b   Cecil, Ara ^b   Gatland, Barbara ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF CARE;

EID: 0033536530     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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